The Pope Farm, located on the Newtown Road in Wilkes County and owned by Susan and Edward Pope Jr., has received the Georgia Forestry Commission's Forest Stewardship Award and obtained Forest Steward recognition. The 180-acre farm has been managed under Georgia's Forest Stewardship Program since 2005. More...

P aige Lindsey Wilson, daughter of Peggy Lindsey, and granddaughter of Willis and Phyllis Lindsey of Washington- Wilkes, graduated from Emory University in Atlanta May 12. She was set to enter Yale Law School but has decided to defer her admission and spend this next year in Taiwan. She will be teaching English under the auspices of the Fulbright Scholarship. More...

Never before in the history of mankind has satan been more on the attack, simply because, believe it or not, we are truly living in the final days before the return of Jesus Christ. We've always heard of the signs of the times: wars and earthquakes and pestilence. Morals are at an alltime low; anything goes. Stress and all the troubles of life are caving in on folks. More...

TO THE EDITOR: Thanks to loyal Wilkes County donors! Fifty-one donors gave their blood on Thursday, May 15, during the Wills Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and Shepeard Community Blood Center drive. This is one of our most recent successes, outstanding in the CSRA. More...

Lindsey Guin captured the top honor for the Washington-Wilkes Tiger tennis team as she was named "Most Valuable Player" for 2008 at the team's end-of-the-season celebration last week. Also receiving special recognition were Katie Haughey, who took home the team captain award; Michael Edwards, winner of the "Tiger Award;" and Jamal Callaway, who was named "Most Improved. More...

Graveside services for Joseph Cleveland Bufford, 58, of Delhi Road, Tignall, were held Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at Tabor Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Paul Reviere officiating. He died Monday, May 26, at the Medical College of Georgia Hospital, Augusta. More...

Raytown Baptist Church is having a paint day and movie night on Saturday, May 31, beginning at 2 p.m. All children are invited to come and paint the new children's Sunday School rooms. There will be games and activities between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. More...

Monique Booker, of Washington, was selected by McDonald's Corporation to represent the Atlanta region restaurants at its 2008 World Wide Convention held recently in Orlando, Florida. She was one of only 13 employees selected from 932 restaurants and thousands of crew members from across the region. More...

Minister Marilyn Cullars Smith, Daughter of the House of Price's Grove Baptist Church, Lincolnton, will be ordained to the gospel ministry at the church on Sunday, June 1, at 2:30 p.m. Rev. More...